Reaching Consummation,
obtaining Buddha’s Fruit,
Eating bitterness treated as joy.
Toiling the body does not count as bitterness,
Cultivating the heart is most agonizing.
Each and every barrier must be broken through,
Here and there, demons are everywhere.
A hundred hardships falling all at once,
See how one lives.
Able to endure suffering in the world,
Transcending the world, is a Buddha.

One who is for fame resents till death,
One who is for gain disavows family;
One who is for sentiment brings vexation on himself,
Bitterly fighting each other, making karma over a lifetime.
Not seeking fame, enjoying leisure, feeling content,
Not stressing gain, a benevolent righteous person;
Not moved by sentiment, clear-hearted with few desires,
With benevolence, cultivating oneself, accruing virtue over a lifetime.

The vast, boundless heaven and earth look
small to me,
The immense firmament was made by whom?
Beyond heaven and earth—even more boundless,
For the grand wish,[1] spreading the great Dao.
January 1, 1990[1]“For the grand wish” can also be
translated as “To fulfill the grand wish.”

Inborn quality is a condition from birth,
Right enlightenment is the reason for a high-level
person’s wisdom.
With Zhen-Shan-Ren in the heart, there is Dao,
Cultivating Falun Dafa can lead to Consummation.

It is not that it’s painful on the path of
cultivation,
Karma of lifetimes and lifetimes impedes;
Steeling the heart, eliminating karma, cultivating xinxing,
Forever possessing a human form is a Buddha.

Ordinary people have difficulty knowing the
hardship
of cultivation,
Competing and fighting treated as happiness;
Cultivate until not one attachment is left,
Bitterness gone, sweetness come, is true happiness.

The universe,[6] vast and
indistinct,
A wheel of golden light.
The enlightened descend to the world,
Heaven and earth face the same direction.
The cosmos, clear and bright,
Assimilates to the light of Fa.
Consummate, fly and ascend,
Together return to heaven.

December 31, 1994

[6]The Chinese word 乾坤 has two
definitions: “heaven and earth” and “universe.” Here we use the second
definition, “universe,” as the original Chinese text in line 4 uses 天地 to
express the term “heaven and earth.”

In the middle of a thousand-foot cliff hangs
the temple,
Widely spreading Dafa, it’s hard to find spare time;
In this life, revisiting the ancient cliff temple,
One day, with Fa rectified, thousands of temples spread.

June 11, 1995

[7]The Hanging
Temple, Xuan Kong Si, was built by a monk about 1,400 years ago on a steep
cliff about 50 miles from Datong City, Shanxi Province. The temple comprises
buildings of several stories, yet looks as if it is only propped up by several
wooden columns.

The Heng Mountains with clouds and ridges, where
is
the Way,[9]
The ancient Daoist temple with a long history, tourists come;
Ordinary people don’t know the wonder in the mystical,
They use the ancient temple to make dirty money.
June 11, 1995
[8]The Heng Mountains, located in the northern part of Shanxi Province and
northeastern part of Hebei Province, are among the five most famous mountains in
China. The Yanmen Pass is on the west side. It is said that the venerable Zhang
Guo, one of the well-known eight deities in China, cultivated Dao in the Heng
Mountains. The Hanging Temple is in the Heng Mountains.
[9]“Way” is translated from the word 道, which means both road and Dao.

Buddha school, a pure land, hard to stay clean and
tranquil,
Demonic ways and evil hearts roam in the chaotic world;
The more well-known the place, the more demons,
A mess of people yelling and selling, firecrackers popping.

August 15, 1995

[10]South China Temple is a Buddhist
temple with a history of more than 1,000 years, located in Shaoguan City,
Guangdong Province.

Dafa spreads far and wide
How many people can obtain it
In this world, so many things, one after another
Busy with a hundred things, maybe cultivating
in spare time
One day, as soon as mists and clouds pass
Only then will it be known that true Dao is already obtained

Serenely cultivating, in a spare moment, gazing at
immortals,
Each displays divine power for a hundred, a thousand years;
Human hearts have turned demonic, the world is not the same,
All gods are not offering salvation, awaiting the end of havoc.
October 16, 1995

Heaven so vast, above heaven there is heaven
All have sun and moon, layer after layer, filling the universe
Earth so broad, there is heaven, there is earth
Together give birth to everything,
so many things, everywhere in heaven and earth
November 10, 1995

Buddhism has taught Precept for two thousand five
hundred years,
Discard fame and material interest first,
then cultivate through hardship;
Today Buddhist monks are paid salaries,
At work there are even uniforms.

At the most micro and
the most macro, degenerate things are corrected,
From the macro, micro, and ten directions, looking at the firmament;
Heaven is clear, the body transparent, the cosmos right,
The great kalpa has already passed; the universe is bright.
January 2, 1996

Present but the mind is not—
No dispute with the world.
Seeing but seeing not—
Not lost, not tempted.
Hearing but hearing not—
A mind hard to disturb.
Eating but tasting not—
A mouth freed from attachment.
Doing but pursuing not—
Constantly dwelling in Dao.
Quiet but thinking not—
The mystical and wondrous may be seen.
January 4, 1996

The infinite beauty and wonder is hard to
describe with words,
Myriads of lights and colors dazzle the two eyes;
Buddha’s kingdom, a sacred land,
is full of happiness and longevity,
The Falun World is at a high place.

Climbing up high
stairs, a path of thousands of feet,
Winding, steep, difficult to take steps;
Looking back, like watching the cultivation of righteous Fa,
Stopping in mid air—hard to be saved.
Persevering, lifting the feet, the ten-thousand-pound legs,
Forbearing hardships, advancing whole-heartedly,discarding attachments;
Dafa disciples—thousands, millions,
Completing Gong, reaching Consummation at high places.
April 15, 1996

[12]The Tai Mountains, located in
the middle of Shandong Province, are the most famous of the five greatest
mountains in China. Many emperors officiated the rites of worshipping heaven
and earth in the Tai Mountains.

Before
danger and disaster come, sailing the Fa boat,
Millions and billions of hardships and perils, wave after wave, block and
hinder,
Fragmented and broken, carrying heaven and earth,
A dream, ten thousand years—eventually approaching the shore.

As Master, I widely
spread Fa, save all beings,
People across the four seas get the scriptures, board the Fa boat,
While Ten Evils[14]poison the world, I spread Dafa,
Turn Falun, rectify heaven and earth.

Building temples, worshiping deities—things, truly
many things,
How would one know that with action all comes to naught;
Foolish, lost, vainly dreaming of the road to the Western Paradise,
Blindly groping, night walking, scooping for the moon in water.

Tragic heroic history gone like running water,
Righteous spirit and faithful soul remain in the world;
Thousand-year-old left-behind shrine, a place that pains the heart,
There is only the loyal heart that shines on later generations.

September 11, 1997, in Tangyin

[16]Yue Fei (1103 A.D. – 1142 A.D.) is a well-known and widely
respected national hero of the South Song Dynasty, who defended China against
invasions from the northern nations.

Autumn rain soft as
tears,
Tear after tear grieves the heart;
The hometown without old friends,
Home fields desolated several times.
Eight hundred autumns have come and gone,
Who would know who I am;
Head bowed, burning a few incense sticks,
The smoke flies toward old friends;
Turning the body back, the vow fulfilled,
Coming again to save all, returning home.

Three hundred years like water flowing,
Old palaces, desolate graves—everything seen weathered;
Who would know this day would come again to the world,
One day Fa, rectified, will stay forever.

October 26, 1997, at Kangxi’s Tomb[18]

[17]The Qing Dong Tombs are located
in Zunhua County, Hebei Province. This is the imperial tomb site of five
emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644 A.D. – 1911 A.D.).

[18]Kangxi is the emperor who
reigned between 1662 A.D. and 1722 A.D. during the Qing Dynasty. Among all the
emperors in Chinese history, Kangxi is one of the most respected, known for
his virtue, wisdom, and broad-mindedness.

Living beings have turned demonic—endless
calamities,
Dafa rescues and saves in a chaotic world;
Not distinguishing between righteous and evil,
slandering heaven’s Fa,
People of Ten Evils[19] wait for the autumn wind.

Qinchuan’s[22] mountains and
rivers have changed,
Chang’an exists under earth.
The flourishing age, the heavenly dynasty, is gone,
In the twinkling of an eye—a hundred, a thousand springs.
Where to look for Taizong,[23]
Dafa saves the Tang[24] people.

November 22, 1997

[21]Chang’an was an ancient capital for many dynasties, including
the Tang Dynasty. It is located in the northwest part of present-day Xi’an.

[22]Qinchuan is the name of an ancient location, which generally
refers to the plains of Shanxi and Gansu provinces, north of Qinling. At its
center is Chang’an.

[23]“Taizong” refers to Tang Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the
emperor who reigned between 626 A.D. and 649 A.D. Taizong is one of the most
respected emperors, known for establishing the most prosperous, influential,
and culturally diverse dynasty in Chinese history.

Setting foot on Yanmen Pass,
Deep emotions churn in the chest.
Thousand-year-old ancient way present,
Inside the pass there is no familiar smoke.
Yanzhao,[26] whipping the horse, left,
Winds and clouds passed, a thousand years.
Raising the eyes, looking down from the pass,
Dafa is in the Central Plains.[27]
August 10, 1998, at Yanmen Pass
[25]Yanmen Pass is a historical site located in Shanxi Province. It was
an important strategic point and one of the major passes on the Great Wall.
Many important battles took place here between China and the nations to the
north.
[26]“Yanzhao” refers to Yang Yanzhao (958 A.D. – 1014 A.D.), a national
hero and great general in the North Song Dynasty, who died in one of the
battles against invasion from the north.
[27]“Central Plains” is a translation for 中原, which historically refers
to the central part of China and thus can be translated as “central China.” 中原
can also refer to China in general.

Arhat: An enlightened being with Fruit Status in
the Buddha School and one who is beyond the Three Realms.

Buddha: “Enlightened being” in Sanskrit, an
ancient Indian language.

Dafa: “Great Law,” great principles.

Dao: Also spelled “Tao.” “Dao” means a way of
cultivation; an enlightened being through such a cultivation; road or way;
Taoism or Daoism; morals, principles.

Dharma: “Law.”

Dharma-ending period: According to Buddha
Sakyamuni, the Dharma-ending period would begin five hundred years after he
passed away, when people would no longer have the Dharma (the Law) in their
hearts.

Fa: “Law,” principles.

Falun: “Law Wheel.”

Five Elements: According to the ancient Chinese,
everything in the universe is made up of five elements: metal, wood, water,
fire, and earth.

Hong Yin: Hong Yin is the phonetic translation of
the Chinese title “洪吟,” which has several meanings. Hong (洪) is a character
in the author’s name. Hong (洪) also means grand, vast, and immense. Yin (吟)
means “to chant, sing or incant (a poem).”

Karma: A black substance resulting from
wrongdoing.

Tai Chi: A meditation exercise that belongs to the
Dao School.

Three Realms: In religions, the “Three Realms”
refers to heaven, earth, and the netherworld.

Xinxing: Heart and mind nature; moral character.

Yin and Yang: The Dao School believes that
everything contains yin and yang, which are mutually exclusive yet
interdependent; for example, female (yin) and male (yang).